Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Truro (CA008205988), Nova Scotia, Canada, with 44 years of record.
Key Facts for Truro
Truro (CA008205988) is a weather station in Nova Scotia, Canada at 45.35 latitude and -63.30 longitude, 12 m (39 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1872 to 1915, 44 years of record.
1,464 records set at Truro still stand.
Records are tracked for tmax, tmin, prcp, snow: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Truro set a daily record precipitation of 41.9 mm (1.6 in) on 29 August 1915.
About the Station
Location: Nova Scotia, Canada, 45.35 latitude, -63.30 longitude.
Elevation: 12 m (39 ft).
Period of record: 1872 to 1915, 44 years.
Eligible elements: tmax, tmin, prcp, snow.
Daily Record Envelope and 2026
0 days at or beyond a record
Record highRecord low2026 daily maximum2026 daily minimum
The band shows the record high and record low for each calendar day at Truro. The lines show the 2026 daily maximum and minimum. 0 days in 2026 matched or passed a record. Temperatures are in degrees Celsius.
Daily record high and record low at Truro, with 2026 drawn through them
Month
Highest record high
Lowest record low
2026 highest maximum
2026 lowest minimum
Jan
16.1 C (61.0 F)
-35.0 C (-31.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Feb
12.8 C (55.0 F)
-33.9 C (-29.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Mar
17.2 C (63.0 F)
-31.1 C (-24.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Apr
23.9 C (75.0 F)
-15.6 C (3.9 F)
n/a
n/a
May
30.6 C (87.1 F)
-7.2 C (19.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Jun
30.6 C (87.1 F)
-4.4 C (24.1 F)
n/a
n/a
Jul
33.9 C (93.0 F)
0.0 C (32.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Aug
32.8 C (91.0 F)
0.0 C (32.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Sep
31.7 C (89.1 F)
-7.2 C (19.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Oct
25.6 C (78.1 F)
-8.9 C (16.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Nov
20.0 C (68.0 F)
-20.6 C (-5.1 F)
n/a
n/a
Dec
15.6 C (60.1 F)
-35.0 C (-31.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Which Years Hold Standing Records
1,464 standing records
Year with most
1,464 records at Truro still stand. 1914 holds the most, with 50.
Standing records at Truro by the year they were set
Year set
Standing records
1873
45
1874
40
1875
47
1876
28
1877
27
1878
30
1879
47
1880
47
1881
34
1882
29
1883
35
1884
40
1885
40
1886
39
1887
36
1888
31
1889
49
1890
36
1891
36
1892
36
1893
25
1894
22
1895
32
1896
27
1897
37
1898
28
1899
24
1900
29
1901
30
1902
38
1903
31
1904
45
1905
8
1906
36
1907
28
1908
21
1909
28
1910
45
1911
31
1912
35
1913
43
1914
50
1915
19
All-Time Record Progression
2 new records
2 all-time records were set at Truro between 27 July 1904 and 12 February 1914. Each dot is a new record.
When Truro set new all-time records
Date
Kind
Detail
1904-07-27
Record high maximum temperature
Record high maximum temperature 33.9 C (93.0 F)
1914-02-12
Record low maximum temperature
Record low maximum temperature -21.7 C (-7.1 F)
Wettest Day of Each Month
Oct: 88.4 mm (3.5 in)
The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Truro. The most was 88.4 mm (3.5 in) on 19 October 1896.
Record daily precipitation for each month at Truro
Month
Record daily precipitation (mm)
Date
Jan
51.1 mm (2.0 in)
15 January 1881
Feb
61.0 mm (2.4 in)
1 February 1889
Mar
80.8 mm (3.2 in)
18 March 1879
Apr
43.2 mm (1.7 in)
10 April 1872
May
72.6 mm (2.9 in)
9 May 1886
Jun
75.7 mm (3.0 in)
20 June 1889
Jul
49.5 mm (1.9 in)
13 July 1884
Aug
85.6 mm (3.4 in)
2 August 1908
Sep
66.8 mm (2.6 in)
4 September 1904
Oct
88.4 mm (3.5 in)
19 October 1896
Nov
88.1 mm (3.5 in)
20 November 1892
Dec
58.9 mm (2.3 in)
12 December 1887
Period of Record Coverage
1873 to 1915
Complete yearUnder 90 percent of days
43 years of record at Truro, 1873 to 1915. 6 years have data for under 90 percent of days and are left out of rankings: 1874, 1876, 1883, 1905, 1911, 1915.
Cooler than the station meanWarmer than the station mean
One stripe for each of 35 complete years at Truro, 1873 to 1914. Blue stripes are years cooler than the station's own mean of 5.6 C (42.1 F); red stripes are warmer. The coolest year was 1875, at 3.6 C (38.5 F), and the warmest was 1889, at 7.1 C (44.8 F). The strongest colour marks a difference of 2.1 C (3.8 F).
Annual mean temperature at Truro as warming stripes, 1873 to 1914
Year
Annual mean temperature
Difference from the station mean
1873
4.7 C
-0.90 C
1875
3.6 C
-2.01 C
1878
6.6 C
+0.97 C
1879
4.6 C
-0.99 C
1880
5.3 C
-0.32 C
1881
5.3 C
-0.32 C
1882
4.9 C
-0.77 C
1884
5.1 C
-0.53 C
1885
5.5 C
-0.11 C
1886
6.2 C
+0.55 C
1887
5.3 C
-0.33 C
1888
5.0 C
-0.63 C
1889
7.1 C
+1.51 C
1890
5.5 C
-0.09 C
1891
6.5 C
+0.86 C
1892
6.1 C
+0.46 C
1893
5.4 C
-0.22 C
1894
5.6 C
-0.03 C
1895
6.2 C
+0.57 C
1896
5.5 C
-0.13 C
1897
5.6 C
-0.02 C
1898
6.3 C
+0.72 C
1899
5.4 C
-0.18 C
1900
6.1 C
+0.44 C
1901
6.7 C
+1.12 C
1902
6.3 C
+0.70 C
1903
5.5 C
-0.15 C
1904
4.4 C
-1.23 C
1906
6.0 C
+0.36 C
1907
5.0 C
-0.64 C
1908
5.7 C
+0.09 C
1909
6.3 C
+0.71 C
1910
6.5 C
+0.88 C
1913
6.4 C
+0.82 C
1914
4.6 C
-1.06 C
The fitted trend in annual mean temperature here over 1873 to 1914 is 0.22 C (-0.01 to 0.44) per decade. The interval includes zero, so the trend is not clearly different from zero. In Fahrenheit: 0.39 F (-0.02 to 0.80) per decade. The slope is a straight line fitted to 35 complete years; the brackets give its 95 percent interval.
Fitted temperature trends per decade at Truro
Measure
Per decade (C)
Per decade (F)
Period
Complete years
Reading
Annual mean temperature
0.22 C (-0.01 to 0.44) per decade
0.39 F (-0.02 to 0.80) per decade
1873 to 1914
35
Not clearly different from zero
Mean daily maximum
0.3 C (0.1 to 0.5) per decade
0.6 F (0.1 to 1.0) per decade
1873 to 1914
35
Rise
Mean daily minimum
0.1 C (-0.1 to 0.4) per decade
0.2 F (-0.2 to 0.7) per decade
1873 to 1914
35
Not clearly different from zero
A year is complete when all 12 months have at least 20 days of both daily maximum and daily minimum readings. The annual mean is the mean of the monthly means. The trend describes this one station over this period; it does not say what caused the change.
Extremes by Year
1872 to 1915
Yearly extremes at Truro: the record and the median year
Measure
Record
Year of the record
Median year
Years with a value
Hottest day (TXx)
33.9 C (93.0 F)
1904
31.1 C (88.0 F)
43
Coldest night (TNn)
-35.0 C (-31.0 F)
1875
-28.9 C (-20.0 F)
43
Wettest day (Rx1day)
88.4 mm (3.5 in)
1896
57.1 mm (2.2 in)
44
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
121.9 mm (4.8 in)
1892
83.8 mm (3.3 in)
44
Longest dry spell (CDD)
25 days
1889
13 days
44
Hottest day (TXx)
The hottest day of the year at Truro, 1872 to 1915. The record is 33.9 C (93.0 F) in 1904, marked on the chart; the median year is 31.1 C (88.0 F).
Hottest day (TXx) at Truro by year
Year
Hottest day (TXx)
1872
n/a
1873
31.7 C (89.1 F)
1874
26.7 C (80.1 F)
1875
27.2 C (81.0 F)
1876
31.1 C (88.0 F)
1877
29.4 C (84.9 F)
1878
30.6 C (87.1 F)
1879
28.9 C (84.0 F)
1880
32.8 C (91.0 F)
1881
30.6 C (87.1 F)
1882
30.6 C (87.1 F)
1883
28.9 C (84.0 F)
1884
32.2 C (90.0 F)
1885
30.0 C (86.0 F)
1886
29.4 C (84.9 F)
1887
32.2 C (90.0 F)
1888
27.8 C (82.0 F)
1889
30.6 C (87.1 F)
1890
29.4 C (84.9 F)
1891
32.2 C (90.0 F)
1892
31.1 C (88.0 F)
1893
32.2 C (90.0 F)
1894
31.1 C (88.0 F)
1895
31.1 C (88.0 F)
1896
30.6 C (87.1 F)
1897
31.1 C (88.0 F)
1898
32.8 C (91.0 F)
1899
30.0 C (86.0 F)
1900
30.6 C (87.1 F)
1901
31.1 C (88.0 F)
1902
32.2 C (90.0 F)
1903
27.8 C (82.0 F)
1904
33.9 C (93.0 F)
1905
25.6 C (78.1 F)
1906
32.8 C (91.0 F)
1907
31.1 C (88.0 F)
1908
33.3 C (91.9 F)
1909
32.2 C (90.0 F)
1910
31.7 C (89.1 F)
1911
32.8 C (91.0 F)
1912
31.7 C (89.1 F)
1913
30.6 C (87.1 F)
1914
31.7 C (89.1 F)
1915
28.3 C (82.9 F)
Coldest night (TNn)
The coldest night of the year at Truro, 1872 to 1915. The record is -35.0 C (-31.0 F) in 1875, marked on the chart; the median year is -28.9 C (-20.0 F).
Coldest night (TNn) at Truro by year
Year
Coldest night (TNn)
1872
n/a
1873
-31.7 C (-25.1 F)
1874
-29.4 C (-20.9 F)
1875
-35.0 C (-31.0 F)
1876
-26.1 C (-15.0 F)
1877
-30.0 C (-22.0 F)
1878
-27.8 C (-18.0 F)
1879
-35.0 C (-31.0 F)
1880
-27.2 C (-17.0 F)
1881
-26.7 C (-16.1 F)
1882
-27.2 C (-17.0 F)
1883
-32.8 C (-27.0 F)
1884
-28.9 C (-20.0 F)
1885
-31.1 C (-24.0 F)
1886
-25.6 C (-14.1 F)
1887
-32.8 C (-27.0 F)
1888
-27.8 C (-18.0 F)
1889
-30.0 C (-22.0 F)
1890
-31.1 C (-24.0 F)
1891
-25.6 C (-14.1 F)
1892
-27.8 C (-18.0 F)
1893
-29.4 C (-20.9 F)
1894
-28.9 C (-20.0 F)
1895
-26.7 C (-16.1 F)
1896
-32.2 C (-26.0 F)
1897
-28.3 C (-18.9 F)
1898
-35.0 C (-31.0 F)
1899
-26.1 C (-15.0 F)
1900
-28.3 C (-18.9 F)
1901
-25.6 C (-14.1 F)
1902
-29.4 C (-20.9 F)
1903
-28.9 C (-20.0 F)
1904
-32.2 C (-26.0 F)
1905
-17.2 C (1.0 F)
1906
-26.1 C (-15.0 F)
1907
-30.0 C (-22.0 F)
1908
-27.2 C (-17.0 F)
1909
-30.6 C (-23.1 F)
1910
-28.3 C (-18.9 F)
1911
-27.8 C (-18.0 F)
1912
-33.3 C (-27.9 F)
1913
-33.3 C (-27.9 F)
1914
-34.4 C (-29.9 F)
1915
-25.6 C (-14.1 F)
Wettest day (Rx1day)
The wettest day of the year at Truro, 1872 to 1915. The record is 88.4 mm (3.5 in) in 1896, marked on the chart; the median year is 57.1 mm (2.2 in).
Wettest day (Rx1day) at Truro by year
Year
Wettest day (Rx1day)
1872
53.3 mm (2.1 in)
1873
61.0 mm (2.4 in)
1874
58.4 mm (2.3 in)
1875
41.1 mm (1.6 in)
1876
52.3 mm (2.1 in)
1877
61.5 mm (2.4 in)
1878
74.4 mm (2.9 in)
1879
80.8 mm (3.2 in)
1880
30.2 mm (1.2 in)
1881
51.1 mm (2.0 in)
1882
57.9 mm (2.3 in)
1883
65.0 mm (2.6 in)
1884
49.5 mm (1.9 in)
1885
56.4 mm (2.2 in)
1886
72.6 mm (2.9 in)
1887
58.9 mm (2.3 in)
1888
50.3 mm (2.0 in)
1889
75.7 mm (3.0 in)
1890
39.1 mm (1.5 in)
1891
49.3 mm (1.9 in)
1892
88.1 mm (3.5 in)
1893
36.3 mm (1.4 in)
1894
40.6 mm (1.6 in)
1895
61.2 mm (2.4 in)
1896
88.4 mm (3.5 in)
1897
54.4 mm (2.1 in)
1898
82.8 mm (3.3 in)
1899
85.1 mm (3.4 in)
1900
48.0 mm (1.9 in)
1901
59.2 mm (2.3 in)
1902
29.0 mm (1.1 in)
1903
48.5 mm (1.9 in)
1904
66.8 mm (2.6 in)
1905
75.9 mm (3.0 in)
1906
47.8 mm (1.9 in)
1907
46.0 mm (1.8 in)
1908
85.6 mm (3.4 in)
1909
57.7 mm (2.3 in)
1910
58.2 mm (2.3 in)
1911
35.1 mm (1.4 in)
1912
45.5 mm (1.8 in)
1913
50.8 mm (2.0 in)
1914
45.2 mm (1.8 in)
1915
59.7 mm (2.4 in)
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
The wettest five days of the year at Truro, 1872 to 1915. The record is 121.9 mm (4.8 in) in 1892, marked on the chart; the median year is 83.8 mm (3.3 in).
Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Truro by year
Year
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1872
81.8 mm (3.2 in)
1873
94.0 mm (3.7 in)
1874
74.9 mm (2.9 in)
1875
71.1 mm (2.8 in)
1876
77.5 mm (3.1 in)
1877
83.1 mm (3.3 in)
1878
101.6 mm (4.0 in)
1879
109.0 mm (4.3 in)
1880
53.6 mm (2.1 in)
1881
68.3 mm (2.7 in)
1882
86.6 mm (3.4 in)
1883
79.7 mm (3.1 in)
1884
116.6 mm (4.6 in)
1885
73.8 mm (2.9 in)
1886
83.7 mm (3.3 in)
1887
90.7 mm (3.6 in)
1888
83.9 mm (3.3 in)
1889
95.3 mm (3.8 in)
1890
78.2 mm (3.1 in)
1891
91.0 mm (3.6 in)
1892
121.9 mm (4.8 in)
1893
63.3 mm (2.5 in)
1894
73.1 mm (2.9 in)
1895
99.8 mm (3.9 in)
1896
119.2 mm (4.7 in)
1897
71.7 mm (2.8 in)
1898
98.3 mm (3.9 in)
1899
111.8 mm (4.4 in)
1900
117.6 mm (4.6 in)
1901
119.4 mm (4.7 in)
1902
63.8 mm (2.5 in)
1903
69.1 mm (2.7 in)
1904
93.4 mm (3.7 in)
1905
81.8 mm (3.2 in)
1906
101.1 mm (4.0 in)
1907
68.8 mm (2.7 in)
1908
102.6 mm (4.0 in)
1909
88.7 mm (3.5 in)
1910
116.6 mm (4.6 in)
1911
55.9 mm (2.2 in)
1912
77.1 mm (3.0 in)
1913
115.1 mm (4.5 in)
1914
52.6 mm (2.1 in)
1915
67.1 mm (2.6 in)
Longest dry spell (CDD)
The longest dry spell of the year at Truro, 1872 to 1915. The record is 25 days in 1889, marked on the chart; the median year is 13 days.
Longest dry spell (CDD) at Truro by year
Year
Longest dry spell (CDD)
1872
12 days
1873
13 days
1874
12 days
1875
17 days
1876
14 days
1877
15 days
1878
14 days
1879
11 days
1880
14 days
1881
11 days
1882
13 days
1883
20 days
1884
12 days
1885
17 days
1886
19 days
1887
14 days
1888
9 days
1889
25 days
1890
15 days
1891
15 days
1892
13 days
1893
13 days
1894
15 days
1895
12 days
1896
12 days
1897
15 days
1898
13 days
1899
12 days
1900
10 days
1901
10 days
1902
12 days
1903
12 days
1904
9 days
1905
14 days
1906
14 days
1907
13 days
1908
14 days
1909
19 days
1910
15 days
1911
19 days
1912
10 days
1913
9 days
1914
17 days
1915
12 days
Each chart shows one value per year; the dot marks the record year. TXx is the hottest daily maximum, TNn the coldest daily minimum, Rx1day and Rx5day the largest one-day and five-day rain totals, and CDD the longest run of days with less than 1 mm of rain. A year with missing days can understate an extreme.
Frost Dates and Growing Season
35 years with a frost
Across 35 years with a frost, the median last spring frost at Truro falls on 6 June and the median first autumn frost on 16 September, which leaves a median of 106 days between them.
Fitted over all years, the growing season changes by -1.7 days per decade at this station.
Frost dates and growing season at Truro
Measure
Median, all years
Earliest period
Recent period (1881 to 1914)
Recent against earliest
Fitted trend
Last spring frost
6 June
n/a
9 June
n/a
+2.4 days per decade
First autumn frost
16 September
n/a
17 September
n/a
+0.7 days per decade
Growing days
106 days
n/a
107 days
n/a
-1.7 days per decade
A frost day is a day with a daily minimum at or below 0 C (32 F). The last spring frost and the first autumn frost are the last and first such days of the cold season, and growing days are the days between them. A negative trend for the last spring frost means it comes earlier.
Rainfall Return Levels
40 years, 1872 to 1914
A day with at least 56.0 mm (2.2 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 102.5 mm (4.0 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.
Rainfall return levels at Truro: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in
A day with at least
Note
2 years
56.0 mm (2.2 in)
5 years
70.4 mm (2.8 in)
10 years
79.1 mm (3.1 in)
25 years
89.2 mm (3.5 in)
50 years
96.1 mm (3.8 in)
Longer than the 40 years of record
100 years
102.5 mm (4.0 in)
Longer than the 40 years of record
The levels come from a generalised extreme value (GEV) distribution fitted by L-moments to the wettest-day total of each year, 40 years of values from 1872 to 1914.
A return level is an estimate. It is least reliable for the long periods, 50 and 100 years, and for any period longer than the record behind the fit, where the fit has to reach past the largest day actually observed. It is not a forecast.
The largest wettest-day totals in the fit: 88.4 mm (3.5 in) in 1896; 88.1 mm (3.5 in) in 1892; 85.6 mm (3.4 in) in 1908.
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Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Data as of 2026-10-16 (16 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.